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Favourable weather and soil conditions give central Ha Tinh province the opportunity to grow peach blossoms. Many localities in the province have developed large-scale peach blossom villages, bringing in a source of income for growers whenever Tet comes around.

As the number of COVID-19 cases has surged since the fourth wave hit the country in late April, the need for chemical products like oxygen and disinfectants have increased, requiring chemical producers to ramp up production to meet market demand.

A number of universities in the country will launch new majors for the 2021-2022 academic year to meet labour market demand.

Earnings from shrimp exports reached 3.85 billion USD last year, up 15 percent year-on-year despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts have said that once the COVID-19 pandemic ends, higher market demand would support many sectors in quickly resuming their business.

Experts believe that the real estate market is unlikely to fall into a crisis and housing prices will remain stable because market demand remained high while supply is limited.

The global spread of COVID-19 has had an insignificant impact on An Phat Bioplastics JSC’s performance in the first three months, shareholders were told on March 25.

The standard for university admission should be raised to ensure higher quality of training, said Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha.

The number of locally-made cybersecurity products increased last year, said the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on January 3.

Gold prices on global markets have made strong gains in the past two months, but investors with short-term appetite seem uninterested in gold.

Export prices for Indian and Thai rice increased this week on the back of an appreciation in their domestic currencies, while that of Vietnam went down over quiet demand.

Investing in the booming shophouse segment in Ho Chi Minh City could end in losses, if market observers are to be believed.

Vietnam exported 120,000 tonnes of tea in 2018, earning revenue of 219 million USD, year-on-year decreases of 8.4 percent in volume and 3.4 percent in value, respectively.

A wide range of staples in the northern province of Quang Ninh will be nudged closer to consumers in Hanoi at the “One Community One Product” (OCOP) fair which is scheduled at Big C Thang Long Super Market from January 11-15, just before Tet, the traditional New Year of Vietnam.

A forum discussing ways to enhance application of technologies in agriculture and aquaculture production take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 25.

The Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Corporation (Vinacomin) set a goal of selling about 36 million tonnes of coal in 2018, up 2.5 million tonnes compared to 2017.

The Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has produced 24.58 million tonnes of coal in the first eight months of the year, accounting for 68.3 percent of the annual plan.

The Health Ministry discussed a strategy to develop the pharmaceutical industry at a seminar in Hanoi on June 27.

Ho Chi Minh City needs 25,000 labourers in August, according to a survey conducted by the Ho Chi Minh City Centre of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information (FALMI).

Vietnam's economy this year bounced back and exceeded expectations with the GDP growth rate reaching an estimated 6.7 percent - the highest rate in five years.